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课件网) Unit 2 Life now and then Module 3 I think life is better today. Lead in Discuss what you did in your childhood and list some of them. Reading and vocabulary Act.1 Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels Think about what she will talk about： ·family ·work ·health ·education Act.2 Read the passage and complete the following notes. Life in the past _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____nearly no entertainment_____ ____ Life now _____ _____ _____ _____ 1 Family: bigger; five children 2 Food: 3 Work: 4 Education: 1 Family: smaller; one child 2 3 4 simple, eat meat once or twice a year Food: more meat father goes to work and mother stays at home Work: both men and women can go to work boys can go to school and most girls have no chance to go to school Education: both boys and girls can get good education Now complete the notes and add more points of your own. 5 Transport: on foot; by bike 5 Transport: take the bus/ underground/ plane 6 Entertainment: 6 Entertainment: watch TV Read the part – What was your life like in the past and answer the following questions. 1. What did Mrs Li’s parents do 2. Was Mrs Li’s father work hard How do you know that 3. Why Mrs Li’s parents didn’t send her to school Mrs Li’s father was a postman and her mother was a housewife. Yes, it was. Her father often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. Because her family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because she was a girl. Act.3 Read the part – How has life changed and finish the following exercises. Mrs Li’s opinion the change of the role of women transport and travel today the appearance of TV life today It’s a good thing. Her daughter has a good education and she can go to work every day even after getting married. It’s easy for people to go everywhere, but there’s too much traffic. It helps her to watch so many good programmes, but some of the shows are too noisy. Life is better today. They eat better and live longer. Act.4 Language points 1. My family lived in a tiny house.我的家人住在一所很小的房子里。 tiny作形容词，意为“微小的；极小的”。 All six of us packed into the tiny car. 我们6个人全部挤进那辆小型汽车里。 There is a tiny insect on the ground. 地上有一只小昆虫。 【辨析】tiny, little与small Uranus is only a tiny spot in the sky. 天王星只是天空中的一个极微小的点。 It's a nice little dog. 它是一只可爱的小狗。 The room is too small for three persons to live in. 这个房间太小，三个人住不下。 2. My father was a postman, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. 我爸爸是一名邮递员，不管冬天的严寒还是夏天的酷暑，他都常常一天在外工作12个小时。 （1）cold用作名词，意为“寒冷；冷空气”。 Don't stand in the cold. 不要在寒冷中站着。 【拓展】 ① cold作名词时，还可表示“伤风；感冒”；catch a cold“患感冒”；get/have a cold “感冒”。 I had a cold yesterday. 昨 ... ...
